February 12, 2010 – 10:27 am
The Napa Valley Register ran an Op-Ed by Carole Bionda, vice-president of ABC member Nova Group in Napa, CA, that is critical of president Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 and other special interest giveaways to Big Labor that will kill jobs and increase wasteful federal spending (”Stopping the blows to construction industry,” 2/12/10).
Of course, [...]
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Tagged Carole Bionda, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, Napa Valley Register, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, San Francisco, Section 7
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February 10, 2010 – 6:53 pm
There is a growing local movement in California to protect taxpayers and ensure the best quality construction at the best price by prohibiting project labor agreements (PLAs).
On Tuesday, February 9, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, representing the sixth most populous county in the country, voted 5-0 to authorize supervisor Bill Horn to draft a [...]
February 8, 2010 – 8:14 am
Executive Order 13502 had a birthday over the weekend.
It’s hard to believe a full year has passed since President Obama signed the Feb. 6, 2009 pro-project labor agreement (PLA) directive that has reduced taxpayer accountability on federal construction projects.
Remember this?
Click here to learn about government-mandatd PLAs and the status of Executive Order 13502, which encourages special interest kickbacks [...]
February 5, 2010 – 2:45 pm
At a Feb. 2 House Education and Labor Committee hearing, U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) questioned U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on President Obama’s pro-project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502 for federal construction contracts and asked why the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) mandated a PLA on a Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H.
After a protest was [...]
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Tagged Education and Labor, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Hearing, Pennsylvania, PLAs, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Glenn Thompson, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
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January 27, 2010 – 9:57 am
Matt Lewis at The Daily Caller has an excellent piece on some special interest pie baking in the ovens of the Obama administration and Congressional leadership (”Cadillac Compromise May Breathe New Life to Card Check,” 1/27/10). Of course, one of the key ingredients is President Obama’s pro-government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) Executive Order 13502:
Recent developments are sending [...]
January 26, 2010 – 10:14 am
The Washington Times ran an Op-Ed by Brett McMahon, vice-president of ABC member Miller & Long Concrete Construction, documenting a number of backroom deals that the White House and Congress cut with Big Labor that will harm private sector job creation and small businesses while giving Big Labor a big advantage (”Yet Another Reason to Oppose Obamacare: Union Giveaways That [...]
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Tagged Brett McMahon, Employee Free Choice Act, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, Health Care, Lafayette Building, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Washington DC, Washington Times
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January 22, 2010 – 10:06 am
Associated Builders and Contractors’ (ABC) member Stephen Worth, president and CEO of Worth and Company, Inc., Pipersville, Pa., yesterday testified at a forum in the U.S. House of Representatives that was examining the preferential treatment Big Labor is receiving by the Obama administration and its allies on Capitol Hill.
Worth’s testimony focused on Executive Order 13502 and federal [...]
January 4, 2010 – 11:39 am
Ohio’s Tribune Chronicle today published an editorial critical of project labor agreements (PLAs) and Executive Order 13502 (”Workers Should Be Angry About Union Preference,” 1/4). Add it to the long list of newspapers across the country opposed to discriminatory and costly government-mandated PLAs.
Most construction workers are not members of labor unions. They should be angry [...]
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December 27, 2009 – 12:44 pm
Yesterday we raised concerns about dual bidding experiments utilized by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) that will determine whether or not PLAs are appropriate on a pilot program of ten federal construction projects. Today the Washington Times wrote about one of the GSA pilot projects in Washington, D.C. – the Lafayette Building on 811 Vermont Avenue - [...]
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Tagged Brett McMahon, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GSA, Lafayette Building, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Washington DC, Washington Times
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December 24, 2009 – 9:55 am
The Washington Examiner published an Op-Ed by Brett McMahon of ABC member Miller & Long Concrete that discusses gifts to Big Labor like Executive Order 13502 that will harm the economic health of the construction industry during this holiday season (”‘Tis the season for construction job loss caused by politics,” 12/24).
While many are receiving gifts this holiday season, [...]
